Senior Contract Job Trends in East London

Senior
London > East London

The median Senior daily rate in East London is £495, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 13 6 8
Rank change year-on-year -7 +2 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 12 21 39
As % of all contract jobs in East London 11.76% 16.94% 15.00%
As % of the Job Titles category 13.33% 20.00% 15.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 18 35
10th Percentile £425 £327 £468
25th Percentile £445 £414 £548
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £555 £700
Median % change year-on-year -10.81% -20.71% +47.37%
75th Percentile £638 £636 £770
90th Percentile £950 £638 £775
London median daily rate £600 £600 £600
% change year-on-year - - -2.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £33.65
Median hourly rate - - £35.96
75th Percentile - - £38.28
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £58.74 £53.50 £57.50
% change year-on-year +9.79% -6.96% +4.55%

All Contract IT Job Roles
East London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in East London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in East London with a recognized job title 90 105 246
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 88.24% 84.68% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 84 223
10th Percentile £190 £260 £242
25th Percentile £377 £399 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £463 £575
Median % change year-on-year +7.03% -19.57% +15.00%
75th Percentile £652 £588 £650
90th Percentile £950 £638 £770
London median daily rate £530 £550 £555
% change year-on-year -3.64% -0.90% -3.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 0 4
10th Percentile £23.33 - £15.61
25th Percentile - - £17.74
Median hourly rate £24.03 - £18.93
Median % change year-on-year - - -75.25%
75th Percentile £35.40 - £23.77
90th Percentile £65.43 - £32.47
London median hourly rate £31.00 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -11.44% - +2.94%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Senior' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in East London.

Senior job vacancy trend in East London

Senior
Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in East London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in East London

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in East London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in East London over the 6 months to 31 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in East London

Senior
Hourly Rate Trend in East London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in East London.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in East London

Senior
Contract Job Locations in East London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior within the East London region over the 6 months to 31 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tower Hamlets +2 6 £445 -28.80% 2
Docklands, London 0 1 £575 -20.69%
Senior
London

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, Senior contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the East London region featuring Senior in the job title.

1 5 (41.67%) Python
2 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 4 (33.33%) Playwright
2 4 (33.33%) SQL
2 4 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 3 (25.00%) Cypress.io
3 3 (25.00%) ISTQB
3 3 (25.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 3 (25.00%) QA
4 2 (16.67%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) C++
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
4 2 (16.67%) PMO
4 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
4 2 (16.67%) Quantitative Research
5 1 (8.33%) Ariba
5 1 (8.33%) Azure
5 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (8.33%) Backlog Management
5 1 (8.33%) Business Intelligence
5 1 (8.33%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
5 1 (8.33%) Cloud Security
5 1 (8.33%) Containerisation
5 1 (8.33%) Cucumber
5 1 (8.33%) Cybersecurity
5 1 (8.33%) Data Analysis
5 1 (8.33%) Data Discovery

Senior Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (8.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (8.33%) Azure
1 1 (8.33%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (8.33%) GitHub
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (8.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) BusinessObjects XI
1 1 (8.33%) Data Lake
1 1 (8.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Cypress.io
2 1 (8.33%) Cucumber
2 1 (8.33%) Git
2 1 (8.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (8.33%) JIRA
2 1 (8.33%) Maven
2 1 (8.33%) Postman
2 1 (8.33%) REST Assured
2 1 (8.33%) SpecFlow
General
1 4 (33.33%) Banking
1 4 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Finance
2 2 (16.67%) Front Office
2 2 (16.67%) Law
3 1 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) Playwright
2 1 (8.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 1 (8.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (8.33%) Product Ownership
2 1 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 2 (16.67%) Agile
2 2 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (16.67%) Quantitative Research
3 1 (8.33%) Backlog Management
3 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (8.33%) Cloud Security
3 1 (8.33%) Containerisation
3 1 (8.33%) Data Discovery
3 1 (8.33%) Data Pipeline
3 1 (8.33%) Data Science
3 1 (8.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (8.33%) Design Patterns
3 1 (8.33%) Infrastructure as Code
3 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
3 1 (8.33%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (8.33%) SOAR
3 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (8.33%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 5 (41.67%) Python
2 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 4 (33.33%) SQL
3 2 (16.67%) C++
4 1 (8.33%) Java
4 1 (8.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 3 (25.00%) ISTQB
1 3 (25.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
2 1 (8.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (8.33%) PMP
2 1 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (25.00%) QA
2 2 (16.67%) PMO
3 1 (8.33%) GDPR
3 1 (8.33%) HIPAA
3 1 (8.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) Ariba
1 1 (8.33%) Databricks
1 1 (8.33%) Microsoft
1 1 (8.33%) SAP